Intel Pentium G3250
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Intel Pentium G3250 vs AMD Athlon II X4 641. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q3/2014
Intel Pentium G3250
Intel Pentium G3250
Released
Q1/2012
Overall score
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AMD Athlon II X4 641
AMD Athlon II X4 641

What's the best choice Intel Pentium G3250 or AMD Athlon II X4 641? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Pentium G3250 has a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. 2 Cores. Power consumption of 53 W. Released in Q3/2014.

AMD Athlon II X4 641 has a maximum frequency of 2.80 GHz. 4 / 4 Cores. Power consumption of 100 W. Released in Q1/2012.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1343 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 13% better clock speed

    3.20 GHz left arrow 2.80 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    53 W left arrow 100 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Pentium G3250 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    682 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    836 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    974 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1242 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1397 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    519 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    652 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    504 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    637 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
    256 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    1025 place
  • More number of cores

    About 2 times more cores

    4 left arrow 2

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Athlon II X4 641 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1246 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1138 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Pentium G3250 Intel Pentium G3250
AMD Athlon II X4 641 AMD Athlon II X4 641
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    Intel Pentium left arrow AMD Athlon II
  • Generation
    5 left arrow 2
  • CPU group
    Intel Pentium G3000 left arrow AMD Athlon II X4 (Llano)
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    3.20 GHz left arrow 2.80 GHz
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU frequency
    0.35 GHz left arrow
  • GPU (Turbo)
    1.10 GHz left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    10 left arrow
  • Shader
    80 left arrow
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow
  • Generation
    7.5 left arrow
  • Technology
    22 nm left arrow
  • Release date
    Q4/2012 left arrow
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow No
  • JPEG
    Decode left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Athlon II X4 641 and Intel Pentium G3250. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR3-1333 left arrow DDR3-1333
  • Max. Memory
    left arrow 16 GB
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Pentium G3250 and AMD Athlon II X4 641 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    53 W left arrow 100 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium G3250 and Intel Pentium G3250, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow AMD-V
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2 left arrow MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a
  • L2-Cache
    -- left arrow 4.00 MB
  • L3-Cache
    3.00 MB left arrow --
  • Architecture
    Haswell S left arrow Llano
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 32 nm
  • Socket
    LGA 1150 left arrow FM1
  • Release date
    Q3/2014 left arrow Q1/2012
  • Part Number
    -- left arrow AD638XOJGXBOX

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Pentium G3250 and AMD Athlon II X4 641.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
667
Intel Pentium G3250
388
AMD Athlon II X4 641
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
1206
Intel Pentium G3250
1421
AMD Athlon II X4 641

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